Living my life
Tamara Wyndham was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She studied traditional drawing and painting at California State University, Long Beach; and more experimental drawing, book works, and performance at the University of California at Irvine.
In 1979, Wyndham moved to New York City, where she became active in various feminist, political, spiritual and arts communities. Wyndham traveled through Mexico and Central America for one year in 1984-1985, painting and learning through experience. More recently Wyndham has traveled and worked in Egypt, Morocco, Turkey and Spain. These experiences have informed her art.
Wyndham has been awarded artist residencies at the Henry Street Settlement, the Kate Millett Art Colony, the Vermont Studio Center, the Mariz Ceramic Workshop in the Czech Republic, Fundacion Valparaiso in Spain, and a fellowship from Earthwatch to work in Orce, Spain.